Destinations

A Life of Travel

I have experienced wild and crazy adventures on the road. When I look back I know for sure that God is always watching over me. Travel continues to bring me great joy. I have traveled with friends, family and a couple of times on a tour (I don’t like tours) but for the most part I have traveled solo. Check out the chart below to see where travel has taken me.

THE COUNTRIES

I have traveled to all of the countries below, however, the countries in blue are the only ones linked to a blog post. At some point I plan for each country to be spattered with blue….maybe when I slow down.

Taught women to make self-sustaining crafts in Ghana, West Africa and gave motivational speeches to school children in surrounding villages.

Herded sheep in New Zealand.

Fasted on fruits for 21 days in Bulgaria;

Visited Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro in a three-day time span.

Fed the hungry and made mattresses for children in poverty in Mexico

Those are just a few of the adventures I’ve experienced through travel. Some adventures are not to be published! Travel broadens your horizons, increases your understanding of different cultures and changes your world view. Travel is the cure-all for me. I wish you all safe and happy travels. But most of all I wish you find the one glorious trip, event or activity that leaves you speechless, and when you regain your voice, all you can say is “wow”. The first time I had that wow moment was in Florence, Italy about 25 years ago before Google and the internet were popular. I was following my travel book. I turned left off off the train as directed, then right and then left, reading all the time. When I looked up I was speechless. The most beautiful ancient city street (minus tourist I might add) was right in front of me. I remember it like it was yesterday. When I finally found words, all I could say was “wow”. Travel is supposed to give you the wow effect. That experience is out there for you; when you find it please tell me about it.

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou